2027 NJCAA DI Women’s Golf Championship Host Announced
Charlotte, NC – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced today the 2027 NJCAA DI Women's Golf Championship will be held at Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs, New Mexico.
"New Mexico Junior College and Hobbs, New Mexico, are excited for the opportunity to host the 2027 NJCAA Women's DI Golf Championship at Rockwind Community Links," NMJC Director of Athletics Deron Clark said. "NMJC is proud to support the women's event and looks forward to delivering an experience that will be exciting for both the competitors and spectators alike."
Opened in 2015, Rockwind Community Links is a 27-hole community golf facility owned and operated by the City of Hobbs. The award-winning facility includes a championship 18-hole course, a 9-hole par-3 course, a dual ended practice range and multiple short game areas for practice and learning. Rockwind Community Links was host to the 2024 NJCAA Division I Men's Golf National Championship.
DI Women's Golf Chair Jim Gerwitz said, "We are excited to have the 2027 D1 Women's National Golf Championship in Hobbs, NM at Rockwind Community Links. The award-winning facility includes a championship 18-hole course, a 9-hole par-3 course, a dual ended practice range and multiple short game areas for practice and learning. Our athletes deserve to play a National Championship at a high-quality facility like Rockwind."
About Rockwind Community Links
Opened in 2015, Rockwind Community Links is a 27-hole community golf facility owned and operated by the City of Hobbs. Rockwind provides the citizens of Hobbs an amenity like no other in the country. The award-winning facility includes a championship 18-hole course, a 9-hole par-3 course, a dual ended practice range and multiple short game areas for practice and learning. Additional elements to the facility include an open green space for events, a surrounding trail system complete with multiple trailheads, various outdoor seating areas, picnic spaces and multiple scenic viewing points, including access to the site's five-acre lake that overlooks the golf course.
The entire golf facility has been designed to test the best golfers, while fostering beginners, families, disabled individuals and non-golfers alike. The course is set into the classic southeastern New Mexico landscape that combines turn of the 20th century design details, strategic placement of hazards and water efficient, cool season blue grass fairways and roughs. The end result is one of the most challenging and unique golf experiences offered in southeastern New Mexico, and arguably in the Southwest. https:/www.rockwindgolfcourse.com
About New Mexico Junior College
New Mexico Junior College occupies 243 total acres, with approximately 500,000 square ft. of building space. The campus has a student population of approximately 3,000 students and 265 full-time employees, as well as a facility count of 35 buildings, including the student apartments, the Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, and the Training & Outreach Facility.
New Mexico Junior College offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees, along with certificates in the business and industry trades. In addition, the College offers nationally renowned NJCAA athletic programs in baseball, men's and women's basketball, golf, women's cross country, and women's track. Men's and women's rodeo program is governed by NIRA. New Mexico Junior College Through its outstanding programs, staff, and services, New Mexico Junior College fills an important educational need for Lea County and the surrounding area by actively promoting success through learning. https://www.nmjc.edu/
About Hobbs, New Mexico
Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census, increasing from 34,122 in 2010. It is the state's seventh-most populous city. Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Lea County.
About NJCAA
Since 1938, the NJCAA has served as the premier governing body for two-year collegiate athletics, providing student-athletes with opportunities to prepare, compete, succeed, and achieve in both their academic and athletic disciplines. The NJCAA is the second largest national intercollegiate athletic organization in the United States, with over 500 member schools and 3,400 teams competing in 30 different sports. Each year, the NJCAA sponsors 57 national championships and invitationals.
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